/*
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 *  Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved.                            *
 *  http://www.espertech.com/esper                                                     *
 *  http://www.espertech.com                                                           *
 *  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
 *  The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license       *
 *  a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file.  *
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 */
package com.espertech.esper.common.internal.event.bean.introspect;

import com.espertech.esper.common.internal.event.bean.core.PropertyStem;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * Interface for an introspector that generates a list of event property descriptors
 * given a clazz. The clazz could be a JavaBean-style class or any other legacy type.
 */
public interface PropertyListBuilder {
    /**
     * Introspect the clazz and deterime exposed event properties.
     *
     * @param clazz to introspect
     * @return list of event property descriptors
     */
    public List<PropertyStem> assessProperties(Class clazz);
}
